NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION

Commodities (big ticket) CDT

Working with House and Senate Agriculture Committees to push for CFTC reauthorization. Working with CFTC to educate on usage of futures contracts by cattle producers. Urging CFTC to carefully monitor the cattle futures contracts to identify any manipulation after the fire at the Tyson beef plant in Holcomb, Kansas.

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Pushing for DOT to grant our petition to extend Hours of Service for livestock haulers. Working with Congress to achieve a 150-mile livestock exemption at the end of a haul. Pushing DOT to grant a 90 day waiver of Hours of Service for cattle haulers in the wake of the fire at the Tyson beef processing plant in Holcomb, Kansas.

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Supporting the EPA proposed rule to redefine the Waters of the United States. Supported final repeal of the 2015 EPA WOTUS rule.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Natural Resources NAT

Supporting effort by Department of the Interior to delist the gray wolf in the lower 48 states.

Contacted: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Supporting passage of the USMCA agreement. Supporting Trump Administration's efforts on China trade. Supporting a US - Japan free trade agreement. Supporting a US - UK free trade agreement Pushing for inclusion of agriculture in a US - EU free trade agreement Working on more access for U.S. beef into the EU

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Agriculture AGR

Working with USDA on implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill. Specifically supporting the language for implementation of an FMD Vaccine Bank. Worked with USDA, House, and Senate to modify the prevented planting date from November 1 to September 1 in order to allow cattle producers to graze cover crops while they still have nutritional value. Urging Packers and Stockyards Division at USDA to monitor the cattle markets for signs of manipulation or collusion in the aftermath of the fire at the Tyson beef plant in Holcomb, Kansas.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Work on FY20 House Agriculture Appropriations Bill (HR3164) to support funding for FMD research and prevention and to prevent the inclusion of any mandatory country-of-origin labeling provisions. Work on FY20 House Interior and Environment Bill (HR3052) to restore the feedlot exemption from greenhouse gas reporting. Work on FY20 House Transportation-HUD bill (HR3163) to maintain the livestock exemption from electronic logging devices. Supported passage of minibus #2 (HR3055) Work on FY20 Senate Agriculture Appropriations Bill (S 2522) to support funding for FMD research and prevention and to prevent the inclusion of any mandatory country-of-origin labeling provisions. Work on FY20 Senate Interior and Environment Bill (S 2580) to restore the feedlot exemption from greenhouse gas reporting. Work on FY20 Senate Transportation-HUD bill (S 2520) to maintain the livestock exemption from electronic logging devices. Supported passage of stopgap bill HR 4378.

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 3163 (116th), H.R. 3052 (116th), H.R. 3164 (116th), H.R. 4378 (116th), H.R. 3055 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Working with EPA on implementation of agriculture exemption from CERCLA. Supporting the EPA rule on CERCLA. Working against Green New Deal (H.Res. 109 and S.Res. 59) by providing facts on impact of cattle industry to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: S.Res. 59 (116th), H.Res. 109 (116th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

Working with USDA and HHS to support beef's inclusion in the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee begins its work. Participating in the Dietary Guidelines public meetings. Working with USDA and FDA to support the MOU providing both agencies with jurisdiction over regulation of cell-based alternative proteins or fake meat. Working with FDA on proper labeling of plant-based meat alternatives.

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)